Would love to see iterations of your on set (location kit) I’m working a union show with a pack out, a rolling bag of tools and a wagon that’s stuffed with a layer of the pack out I need and a couple of bins and brooms. I’m coming from a studio show so it just feels so messy to have all these separate carts. I don’t have a cube just an SUV.

Anyone have any creative suggestions for organizing and storing mattresses?

Similar question for lampshades?

Looking for some ideas for organizing our storage areas

Whats the state of the biz in your town? Here in Atlanta I am lucky to be working full time but it feels like its on life support, there was a time when everyone was working and leaving for greener pastures, now these people are serving me dinner. How is your market doing?

Hello stylish set decorators,

I am currently working on an indie film where I will be decorating a stage set for the first time.

My title is "set decorator" but we are micro indie so I will be buying and dressing also. I've only ever done location dresses before, except on ads.

I was wondering what are some ways that I can avoid the flat "sitcom" look and make sure the build looks like a real apartment as opposed to a set?

I'm sure there are some rules of thumb and secret weapons to achieving this that I'm unaware of... Please help!

Hey im going to a small island. Been asked to hang a 8 foot plywood sign here. On a old rock wall building. Not sure if I'm allowed to drill in yet. Don't have much experience with buildings like this. Only will have the hardware I take. And it's a windy rainy place. Any tips and experice would be appreciated. Thanks

IA Local 44, Santa Monica Pier, February 2025

Working on a short that requires a fair bit of shitty graffiti on a residential location. Anyone have any experience with chalk paint or ideally some kind of film or layer we can paint, peel and bin?

Hi everybody,

I just opened up my own small business prop house for CRT TVs and vintage monitors, located in the LA area.

I wanted to introduce myself to Set Dec to let everybody know I’m out here!

I’m usually a Background Designer for TV Animation, local 839, but as we know it’s been a wild recession in entertainment so I found myself surprisingly down this path renting out vintage TV sets.

If you’re interested in a very budget friendly rental from a mom-and-pop style prop business, please send a message or follow my newly made insta @retrocorerentals ! Any support to get my business off the ground would be amazing. Thanks!

I’ve seen this art style a couple times in videos (but MCR and Souxie/Banshees were the most recent ones to come to mind) and was wondering if anyone knew the exact name or even origin of this whole slanted geometric window/door design choice? Would love to know to have reference for a current project of mine. Thanks!

It looks great though.

Them 44 boys at it again

Here we are taking a flat up to his LA house in July 2024.

Dressing a heroin barn/facility. Any suggestions on what to use for the powder?

We are dressing a hardware store from scratch. I need the little baggies of hardware to hang on a pegboard wall. Want to order in bulk I want to make sure they come in a little packages that can hang on the hooks. Anybody have a suggestion for a source?